Latest newsletter, hot of the presses! Topics covered: (1) CCB says farewell to two amazing Leadership Academy interns; (2) Our new blog on single family zoning and segregation; (3) a recap on our latest webinar; and (4) how to buy a tote-ally cool CCB branded bag. Give it a read!

California Community Builders and expert guests – Esmeralda Lopez, Michael Lane, Kelsey Lyles Sosan Madanat – discuss the 2024 legislative landscape in California. This webinar covers everything from affordable homeownership finance, to condo construction, to race equity and reparations, to the state budget, and more!

New blog alert! CCB's recently graduated Leadership Academy intern, Leila Brannan, wrote a fantastic explainer on the troubling history and impact of single family zoning. Give it a read!

Latest newsletter, hot of the presses! Topics covered: (1) CCB’s sponsored legislation; (2) Vienna & Social Housing; (3) CCB's middle-income report, in a new format; and (4) past/future webinars. Give it a read!

This webinar expands the housing conversation by centering middle-income Californians, middle-income Californians of color, and homeownership. We start with an overview of the landscape of housing and homeownership for middle-income California with a focus on Californians of color, then dive into trends in Latino homeownership. After presenting the landscape of homeownership for Californians of color, we will discuss policy ideas and recommendations to help the missing middle.

California Community Builders believes that AB 1893 is essential, common-sense legislation to address an issue that frankly should not even exist: cities that don’t follow the rules when it comes to planning for housing – meaning they don’t follow the rules when it comes to ensuring that all families have a place to live.

California Community Builders and senior staff from the California Housing Finance Agency (CalHFA) discuss on the California Dream For All Shared Appreciation Loan program. CalHFA is launching the next round of the California Dream program in April and this webinar will cover an overview of the program, key updates and changes that have been made since the last round, as well as other important information for anyone interested in the program.

California’s housing crisis is huge and multidimensional, from a desperate lack of affordable rentals for low- and moderate-income families to an equally severe lack of affordable homeownership opportunities for all but high-income Californians. A wide variety of organizations exist to address various aspects of this crisis.

Assemblymember Juan Carrillo (D-Palmdale) today announced the introduction of AB 2140 – legislation that would direct California to study the creation of a large-scale homeownership financing program designed to ease California’s critical homeownership gap.

CCB spends a lot of time tracking legislation that could impact homeownership opportunities as a wealth-building tool for communities of color, and earlier this year, we published our annual analysis of Homeownership Bills in California. We’re now back with an updated analysis examining which bills made it to the governor’s desk -- and which actually got signed

CCB’s secret weapon has always been the amazing young professionals who spend time with us, be it for a few months or a few years. This summer/fall we’ve been lucky enough to have Julie Aguilar, Senior Research Fellow, as a (semi) new addition to the team! Here are a few quick facts about Julie:

Here’s a quick summary: I’ve dedicated my life to public service and in my career, I’ve been a teacher, an AmeriCorps VISTA volunteer, a legislative aide to a former Berkeley Mayor, and a nonprofit worker many times over.